The Puritan Lifestyle

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The Puritan Lifestyle

• Puritan Beliefs and Values

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• Predestination - all events are known and
  predetermined by God. God has determined who is
  to be saved and who is to be condemned

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The Puritan Lifestyle

• God is all-powerful and good, while men and women
  are sinful and weak.

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• The Bible is the literal word of God.

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The Puritan Lifestyle

• You are saved through the grace of God. You
  could feel this grace inwardly, and this was
  demonstrated by your behavior. After you have
  received grace, you are reborn into the community
  of saints. People would look inside themselves
  (self-examination) for signs of this grace
  therefore, they would act in a commendable
  fashion.

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• Puritans valued education. Publicly supported
  schools were needed to oppose Satan. Harvard was
  founded in 1636 to train ministers.

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• Puritans valued plainness in religious worship as
  well as their writing and lifestyle.

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• Puritans considered hard work a religious duty.

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• Qualities that resulted in economic success were
  virtuous self-reliance, thrift, industry, and
  energy.

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• In addition to community worship on the Sabbath,
  family worship was considered important. Every
  home should be a church with the head of the
  house the minister. Twice daily the Puritans
  recommended the family should hear the Word read.
  Parents must teach their children the
  Scriptures, and all members of the household must
  be given time and a place to pray.

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• The Church was the center of the community and
  the place where news was received.

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• The form of government though technically
  separated from the church was a theocracy
  therefore, there was a blurring of the lines
  separating church and state. Governments were to
  enforce obedience to God. Voting was restricted
  to church members. There was democracy in church
  rule that led to democracy in town meetings.

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• Punishable offenses included adultery,
  fornication, drunkenness, theft, murder, breaches
  of the Sabbath, blasphemy, gambling, and
  participation in theatrical performances.

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• Women were repressed and disregarded for their
  intellectual value.

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• Women were considered morally weak because Eve
  was first to sin in the Garden of Eden.

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• Women never publicly gave their opinions
  particularly on religious matters.

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• Other interesting restrictions on forms of
  pleasure According to Macaulays History of
  England from the Accession of James II, It was a
  sin to hang garlands on a Maypole, to drink to a
  friends health, to fly a hawk, hunt a stag, play
  at chess, to put starch in a ruff. . . Many
  Puritans considered books not of religious nature
  a threat.